28. LEPTOPTILA. 549 



«Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotrop. p. 133, n. 3 (1873) ; Salv. Ibis, 



1874, p. 312; Edd. Ibis, 1874, p. 456 ; Bouc. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 43 



(Costa Rica) ; Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 544 (Medellin) ; 



Salv. $■ Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 178 (Santa Mavta) ; ? Berl. § Tacz. 



P. Z. S. 1884, p. 311 (W. Peru, N. Peru) ; Berl. J. f. O. 1884, 



p. 319 ; Tacz. Orn. Per. Hi. p. 256, Tables, p. 102 (1886) ; Tristr. 



Cat. Coll. B. p. 40 (1889) (Tobago); Hein. $ Rchnb. Nomencl. 



Mus. Hein. Orn. p. 284 (Pallatanga) (1890). 

 Peristera brevipennis, G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbte, p. 54 



(part.) (1856) (S. America, Trinidad) ; Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. 



p. 846 (1856) ( = L. verreauxi?). 

 Peristera rufaxilla, part., G. R. Gr. List B. Brit. Mus. Columbae, 



p. 54, specim. b (1856). 

 Leptoptila albifrons, Sclat. (nee Bp. ?) P. Z. S. 1860, p. 289 (Baba- 



hoyo) ; Berl. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 117 (Babahoyo = L. verreauxi). 



? Leptoptila ?, Sclat . $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 370 (Panama). 



Leptoptila riottei, Laivr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 138 (1869) (Navarro, 



Costa Rica ; type examined) ; Frantz. J.f. 0. 1869, p. 371 ; G. R. 



Gr. Hand-list, ii. p. 243, n. 9338 (1870). 

 f Leptoptila jainaicensis (part.), Schley. Mus. P.-B. Columbae, 



p. 158 (1873) (Bogota, Caracas) ; Edd. Ibis, 1874, p. 456. 

 Leptoptila riottii, Salv. Ibis, 1874, p. 312 ( = L. verreauxi). 

 Leptoptila rufaxilla, Tacz. (nee auct.) P. Z. S. 1874, p. 556 



(Monterico, E. Peru), 1880, p. 212 (Peru). 

 Leptoptila ocbroptera, Salv. <$• Sclat. (nee Natt.) P. Z. S. 1876, 



p. 17 (Huiro, Peru). 

 Peristera jamaicensis, part., Gieb. Thes. Orn. iii. p. 67 (1877). 

 Peristera riottei, Gieb. ibid. (1877). 



Engyptila verreauxi, Zeled. An. Mm. Nac. C. R. 1887, p. 127 

 (Costa Rica) ; Nutt. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 408 (Costa Rica) 

 (1882) ; Ridgw. ibid. pp. 498, 502 (Costa Rica) (1882) ; Cherry, 

 Auk, 1892, p. 329 (Costa Rica). 



Similar to L. brachyptera, but with the inner webs of the quills 

 rufous cinnamon ; the forehead generally vinous ; no greyish tinge on 

 the crown. 



Adult male. Upper parts brown-olive ; forehead generally vinous ; 

 occiput and hind neck coppery red, with bronze or yellowish reflec- 

 tions, more conspicuous on the mantle ; chin white ; cheeks, sides 

 of the neck, lower throat, crop-region, and breast pale vinous, 

 changing into white on tho abdomen and under tail-coverts ; the 

 latter with a slight pale brown tinge on tho outer webs ; flanks 

 pale brown ; quills greyish brown, with partial narrow rufous 

 edges on the outer webs : under wing-coverts, axillaries, and inner 

 webs of the quills, except at the tip, cinnamon ; two central tail- 

 feathers uniform olive-brown, like the back ; the lateral ones 

 greyish towards the base and blackish towards the broad white 

 tips : the outer feather has the outer web with a narrow white 

 edge : bill black : " irides orange : naked space round the eyes, 

 legs, and feet red" (Fraser). Total length about 10-75 inches, 

 wing 6*8, tail 4*5, bill 065, tarsus 1-2. 



Specimens from Santa Rita, Ecuador, are paler aud more whitish 

 on the forehead, cheeks, throat, and breast. 



